Splinters
101Ometepe (archaeological site) — Ometepe Island is an important archaeological site, located in the Lake Nicaragua in the Republic of Nicaragua, administratively belongs to the Rivas Department. Its name derives from the Nahuatl words ome (two) and tepetl (mountain), meaning two …
102splinter — splin|ter1 [ˈsplıntə US ər] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Middle Dutc] a small sharp piece of wood, glass, or metal, that has broken off a larger piece ▪ I ve got a splinter in my finger. splinter of ▪ splinters of glass >splintery adj splinter 2… …
103splinter-proof — adjective 1》 capable of withstanding splinters from bursting shells or bombs. 2》 not producing splinters when broken …
104ὀστάγρα — ὀστάγρᾱ , ὀστάγρα forceps for extracting splinters of bone fem nom/voc/acc dual ὀστάγρᾱ , ὀστάγρα forceps for extracting splinters of bone fem nom/voc sg (attic doric aeolic) …
105ὀστάγρας — ὀστάγρᾱς , ὀστάγρα forceps for extracting splinters of bone fem acc pl ὀστάγρᾱς , ὀστάγρα forceps for extracting splinters of bone fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic) …
106splintery — [splin′tərē] adj. 1. easily splintered 2. of or like a splinter 3. resulting in splinters, as a fracture 4. full of splinters; splintered …
107splin|ter|y — «SPLIHN tuhr ee», adjective. 1. apt to splinter: »splintery wood. 2. of or like a splinter. 3. Figurative. rough and jagged, as if from splintering: »The ridgy precipices…showed their splintery and rugged edges (Scott). 4. full of splinters. 5.… …
108cinder — Slag Slag (sl[a^]g), n. [Sw. slagg, or LG. slacke, whence G. schlacke; originally, perhaps, the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering. See {Slay}, v. t.] 1. The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders. [1913 Webster] 2 …
109Exfoliate — Ex*fo li*ate v. t. To remove scales, lamin[ae], or splinters from the surface of. [1913 Webster] …
110Flinders — Flin ders, n. pl. [Scot. flenders, flendris; perh. akin to E. flutter; cf. D. flenters rags, broken pieces.] Small pieces or splinters; fragments. [1913 Webster] The tough ash spear, so stout and true, Into a thousand flinders flew. Sir W. Scott …